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-♪ what would you do
If I sang out of tune? ♪
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♪ would you stand up
And walk out on me? ♪
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♪ lend me your ears,
And I'll sing you a song ♪
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♪ I will try not to sing
Out of key, yeah ♪
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♪ oh, baby, I get by ♪
-♪ by with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ all I need is my buddies ♪
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-♪ high with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ I'm sayin'
I'm gonna get higher ♪
-♪ try with a little help
From my friends ♪
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-♪ whoa-oa-oa-oa, yeah ♪
-♪ ooh, ooh, ooh ♪
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-38 killed and 123 wounded
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as american troopsand north vietnamese regulars
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clash near the border
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in some of the most brutal...
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-do you believe that?
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$1.19 for a pound of bacon?
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And just last week
It was 99 cents!
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There's hardly any lean meat
On there.
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-norma,
Where are my brown socks?
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-oh, they're in the dryer.
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Wayne! Why don't you have
A little toast with your jelly?
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-wayne, that is so gross.
-kevin, eat your eggs.
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-mom, the yolks are runny.
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I can't eat 'em
When the yolks are runny.
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-in 1969,
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we had the vietnam war forbreakfast, lunch, and dinner.
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I guess it was inevitable thatwe stopped paying attention.
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-...Crowded civilian centersin the south continue,
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a seemingly endless processionof refugees has flooded saigon
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in the last 24 hours.
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and with food, shelter,and medical services
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already in short supply,fears are rising that...
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-you had to stoppaying attention.
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-get involved in government.
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Remember, it's your
Student council, people.
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-all right, class.
You heard mr. Diperna.
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Let's have nominations for
Our homeroom representative.
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-homeroom elections.
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as a scholastic highlight,
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it ranked right up therewith safety week.
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-all right, then.
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Who wants to be
Our representative?
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Any volunteers?
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Surely there is
Someone in this room
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With enough respect
For democracy
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To volunteer to be
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Our representative
To the student council.
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Kevin.
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-can I go to the bathroom?
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[ toilet flushes ]
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-is your homeroom
Having elections?
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-yeah.
It's pretty lame, though.
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Nobody's even running.
-yeah.
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It's kind of cool
To be president or something,
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But homeroom rep
Is for weenies.
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-yeah.
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-all right, we have one vote
For mr. Ed.
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Very funny.
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And we have four votes
For ringo starr.
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[ laughter ]
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And we have 26 votes
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For our
New homeroom representative...
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-who's the weenie?
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-...Kevin arnold.
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-well, some menpursue greatness,
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and some men have greatnessthrust upon them
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while they're in the bathroom.
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-paul!
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-kevin, what are
You doing here?
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-they made me
Homeroom representative.
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Can you believe it?
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-yeah, me too.
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-how'd you get stuck with it?
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-I don't know.
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It was either the balloons
Or the pencils.
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[ gavel bangs ]
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about an hour into the meeting,
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I began to see the true natureof student council.
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it was basicallyorganized whining.
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-how come we only have
Ice-cream sandwiches
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In our ice-cream machines?
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I mean, at madison
They have three choices.
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I think
We should have push-ups.
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-drumsticks!
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-push-ups!
-popsicles!
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-drumsticks!
-push-ups!
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-all right, all right.
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The proposal
Is to offer push-ups
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In the ice-cream machine.
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[ indistinct shouting ]
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-but when it came to the issuesthat really mattered,
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party lines were crossed andeveryone rallied their support.
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-I think we should have
A jukebox in the cafeteria.
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-yeah!
-yeah!
-yeah!
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-order! Order! Order!
[ indistinct shouting,
Gavel bangs ]
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[ shouting stops ]
That's better.
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Now, do I have a second?
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-I second!
-I second!
-I second!
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-I second!
-I second!
-I second!
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-well, obviously,
You're all in favor.
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Well, if there are
No more proposals, we can...
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Yes, mark? What is it?
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-yeah, I propose we honor the
National moratorium next friday
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By organizing a walkout
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To protest the immoral,
Imperialistic,
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Colonialist repression of
The people's republic of vietnam
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By the running-dog lackeys
Of the fascist u.S. Government.
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-any seconds?
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Sorry, mark --
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-it's a chance to make a real
Statement against the war.
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There'll be marches
All over the country.
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[ sighs ]
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We'll be walking out
During class.
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-I second!
-I second!
-all right!
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-I second!
-I second!
-I second!
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-all right, hold on!
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[ gavel banging ]
Hold on.
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All right, wait a second.
Hey!
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Now, I don't know
If the student council
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Can vote to do something
Like this.
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-mr. Tyler?
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-mr. Tyler.
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he was faculty adviserto the student council,
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but more than that,he was our cool teacher.
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you know the type.
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rides a motorcycle.
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lets you have class outsideon nice days.
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lacks respect for authority.
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everybody waited to seewhat mr. Tyler would say.
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Like mr. Diperna says,
This is your student council.
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-all in favor?
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-aye!
-aye!
-aye!
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-aye!
-aye!
-aye!
[ gavel banging ]
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-all right. All right.
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Don't forget to sign up
For a committee.
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This meeting is adjourned.
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-we have to join a committee?
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-yeah, come on.
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There's school spirit,
Social,
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Ice cream, jukebox,
Or walkout.
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So, what do you say --
Jukebox?
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-no, the line's too long
For jukebox.
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-well, I'd say social,
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But nancy cardian's
The chairman for that,
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And mrs. Gambino's
The adviser.
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And I can't stand either one
Of them, so I don't know.
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-maybe ice cream
Would be the best.
-oh!
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Which one is mr. Tyler
Adviser for?
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-I don't know.
Looks like he's doing walkout.
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-let's do walkout.
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[ muddy waters'
"Hoochie coochie man" plays ]
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-♪ the gypsy woman
Told my mother ♪
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♪ before I was born ♪
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-okay, pick a card, any card.
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-♪ I got a boy child coming ♪
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-all right, now, look at it.
Don't tell me what it is.
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-put it back.
-okay.
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-hi. What's your name?
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-kevin.
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-kevin, cut the cards.
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Good.
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-♪ what this all about ♪
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-is that your card?
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-no.
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-no? Oh, well, now wait --
Wait a minute.
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Is that it?
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-no.
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-oh.
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Well, uh...
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Is that it?
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-♪ everybody knows I'm here ♪
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-how did you do that?
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[ laughter ]
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-♪ my smile is my makeup ♪
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♪ I wear since my breakup
With you ♪
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-we did card tricksfor about 20 minutes
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and then switchedto five-card stud.
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I couldn't believe it.
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I'd never knowna teacher like this.
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mr. Tyler was so cool,you could feel yourself
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becoming coolerin his presence.
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-♪ the tracks of my tears ♪
-♪ the tracks of my tears ♪
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[ laughter ]
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-ay.
-[ sighs ]
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-[ chuckles ]
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All right, paul --
Your deal.
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-mr. Tyler?
-hmm?
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-when are we gonna talk
About the walkout?
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-leave it to mark hooperto spoil a good thing.
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-well, it's about time.
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Hey, it's not my meeting.
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-oh. Okay.
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Well, I think we should
Talk about the walkout.
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I think we need a strategy.
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-okay.
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-okay, so,
What do we do first?
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-well, maybe you should start
By, uh, figuring out
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How you're gonna mobilize
800 students
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All at the same time.
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-right, right.
How do we do that?
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-well, that's why we have
All these minds here.
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-what do you think, rusty?
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-good luck!
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it's not that rusty brothmanwas stupid.
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it's just that he sort ofdrifted through life
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in a purple haze.
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-oh, wow.
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Well, we could just...
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Well, we could just, like,
You know, uh...
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I mean, you know, uh...
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Hmm. Wow.
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-think, rusty. Think.
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Think!
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-okay, wait!
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Okay. So, uh...
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Okay, I got it!
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We all split up and...
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-come on, rusty.
You can do it. Come on.
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-...And knock on all
The homeroom doors
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To give them the signal.
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-yes! That's it!
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Okay, relax, rusty.
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This man needs sustenance.
Throw me that orange, kevin.
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Okay. Here. Eat this.
Build your strength back up.
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-okay, okay, good!
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So -- so, like at 9:00,
We go to all the homerooms,
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We mobilize
The whole school,
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And then we march out
Onto the football field.
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-then what?
-then what?
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-well, I mean, what is the point
Of this walkout?
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How is standing around
On a football field
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Going to end the war?
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Who's gonna know
The difference?
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Kevin?
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-I -- I don't know.
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Unless...
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Unless we can get on tv
Or something.
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Or -- or in the papers.
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-yeah, wait, wait!
That's good, that's good!
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We could --
We could use the media.
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-we could -- we could write
A letter to channel 5,
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And we could tell them --
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-we could get other schools
To do it, too,
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Like madison and whitman.
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-yeah, I mean, it'll be like
This whole big thing
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Where all the kids
At all the schools...
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-[ clears throat ]
Mr. Tyler.
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Could I speak to you
For a moment?
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Look, I heard
About this walkout.
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It's got to be stopped.
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Are you going to do it,
Or should I?
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-okay.
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Uh, there's something
Mr. Diperna here
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Would like to say
To you.
254
00:10:03,670 --> 00:10:06,537
-thank you, mr. Tyler.
-sure.
255
00:10:06,539 --> 00:10:08,906
-I'm afraid that
Kennedy junior high school
256
00:10:08,908 --> 00:10:11,141
Cannot tolerate
A student-council committee
257
00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:13,845
That encourages students
To violate school rules.
258
00:10:13,847 --> 00:10:17,715
Any student participating
In a walkout during school hours
259
00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:20,551
Will be subject to immediate
Suspension from school,
260
00:10:20,553 --> 00:10:22,854
And it will go
On your permanent record.
261
00:10:22,856 --> 00:10:24,956
Do I make myself clear?
262
00:10:24,958 --> 00:10:28,125
Your permanent record.
263
00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:35,166
-after the initial shockof mr. Diperna's announcement,
264
00:10:35,168 --> 00:10:37,501
we didwhat any teenager would do
265
00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:39,971
when his deepest convictionsare challenged.
266
00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,973
-this is repression.
[ indistinct conversation ]
267
00:10:41,975 --> 00:10:42,974
-it's not fair.
268
00:10:42,976 --> 00:10:44,308
-we whined.
-power trip.
269
00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,777
-mr. Tyler,
What about the walkout?
270
00:10:45,779 --> 00:10:47,045
-are we going to do it?
271
00:10:47,813 --> 00:10:49,279
-well, what do you think?
272
00:10:51,184 --> 00:10:53,384
-I don't know.
273
00:10:53,386 --> 00:10:55,586
I don't want to get suspended
From school.
274
00:10:55,588 --> 00:10:57,021
-sounds pretty smart to me.
275
00:10:57,023 --> 00:10:59,056
-I think we should fight 'em.
-why?
276
00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:00,992
-because we should protest
The war.
277
00:11:00,994 --> 00:11:02,693
-mm-hmm.
278
00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:05,262
Are you guys really serious
About that?
279
00:11:05,264 --> 00:11:06,330
-of course we are.
280
00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:08,766
-mm. Why do you want to protest
The war?
281
00:11:08,768 --> 00:11:10,234
-because it's
An imperialist act --
282
00:11:10,236 --> 00:11:12,470
-[ snores ]
283
00:11:15,007 --> 00:11:16,207
-mr. Tyler?
284
00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:18,642
-hmm? Mm! Oh.
285
00:11:18,644 --> 00:11:19,910
I'm sorry, mark.
286
00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:21,312
It's funny.
287
00:11:21,314 --> 00:11:24,382
The moment I hear the word
"Imperialist," I go into a coma.
288
00:11:24,384 --> 00:11:28,886
Can't you just tell me
In your own words?
289
00:11:28,888 --> 00:11:30,188
What about you, kevin?
290
00:11:30,190 --> 00:11:33,023
Why do you want to protest
The war?
291
00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:35,293
-um, I don't know.
292
00:11:35,295 --> 00:11:37,394
-ah, so you're just going along
With the crowd, huh?
-no.
293
00:11:37,396 --> 00:11:40,464
-seems to me if you don't know
Why you're doing something,
It can't be worth much.
294
00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,869
-mr. Tyler was right.I felt like an idiot.
295
00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:47,338
what did I really knowabout the vietnam war?
296
00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:50,675
I wasn't even sure if "Vietnam"was one word or two.
297
00:11:50,677 --> 00:11:53,443
-is it that you think
All wars are wrong?
298
00:11:55,180 --> 00:11:57,281
-well, yeah.
299
00:11:57,283 --> 00:11:59,550
-so you think
Nothing's worth fighting for?
300
00:12:01,020 --> 00:12:02,720
-well, no.
I mean --
301
00:12:02,722 --> 00:12:05,656
-then how can you be so sure
We should end this war?
302
00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,658
-well, it's like...
303
00:12:07,660 --> 00:12:10,727
A lot of people
Are getting killed.
304
00:12:10,729 --> 00:12:12,896
You know, like little kids
305
00:12:12,898 --> 00:12:15,766
And -- and their whole families
And stuff.
306
00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:18,802
And people from over here
Who are fighting
307
00:12:18,804 --> 00:12:20,471
Don't always
Even want to fight.
308
00:12:20,473 --> 00:12:23,274
-they don't have any choice, or
They have to go to jail and --
309
00:12:23,276 --> 00:12:25,175
-and, yeah,
But the thing is, you know,
310
00:12:25,177 --> 00:12:27,712
Nobody even knows what
They're really over there for.
311
00:12:27,714 --> 00:12:29,113
-yeah.
-that's right.
312
00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:31,749
-as we all talked,we began to realize
313
00:12:31,751 --> 00:12:34,018
that maybe we knew morethan we thought we did.
314
00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:36,187
sure, we really didn't knowho chi minh
315
00:12:36,189 --> 00:12:38,356
from captain kangaroo,
316
00:12:38,358 --> 00:12:41,025
but we knew that a lotof people were getting hurt.
317
00:12:41,027 --> 00:12:43,961
and we knew that it didn't seemto be doing anybody any good.
318
00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:46,130
-I-I just think it's wrong,
That's all.
319
00:12:47,100 --> 00:12:48,532
-okay.
320
00:12:48,534 --> 00:12:50,835
So, what do you want to do?
321
00:12:50,837 --> 00:12:54,038
-we need a strategy.
What's our strategy?
322
00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:57,441
-well, few people
Are aware of this,
323
00:12:57,443 --> 00:12:59,744
But I happen to know for a fact
That paul pfeiffer here
324
00:12:59,746 --> 00:13:02,079
Is a great political strategist.
325
00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:03,147
-I am?
326
00:13:03,149 --> 00:13:04,448
-come on, paul,
You're among friends.
327
00:13:04,450 --> 00:13:05,882
You don't have to
Keep up the cover.
328
00:13:05,884 --> 00:13:07,518
Let's show 'em
How that mind works.
329
00:13:08,321 --> 00:13:11,355
-okay, I think I got it.
330
00:13:11,357 --> 00:13:14,659
How about if we start
A petition drive?
331
00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:15,860
-a petition drive?
332
00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:17,228
-well, yeah!
333
00:13:17,230 --> 00:13:19,930
You know, if we could collect
Enough signatures,
334
00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:22,533
We could force diperna
To take us seriously!
335
00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:28,139
Okay.
Well, maybe it's a dumb idea.
336
00:13:28,141 --> 00:13:30,541
-it's brilliant.
337
00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:32,543
-[ chuckles ]
338
00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:36,413
-♪ yeah, come on,
All of you big strong men ♪
339
00:13:36,415 --> 00:13:38,182
♪ uncle sam
Needs your help again ♪
340
00:13:38,184 --> 00:13:40,585
♪ he's got himself
In a terrible jam ♪
341
00:13:40,587 --> 00:13:42,553
♪ way down yonder in vietnam ♪
342
00:13:42,555 --> 00:13:45,256
♪ so put down your books
And pick up a gun ♪
343
00:13:45,258 --> 00:13:47,124
♪ we're gonna have
A whole lot of fun ♪
344
00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:50,695
♪ and it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for? ♪
345
00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:52,029
♪ whoo-hoo ♪
346
00:13:52,031 --> 00:13:53,798
♪ don't ask me,
I don't give a damn ♪
347
00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,634
♪ next stop is vietnam ♪
348
00:13:56,636 --> 00:13:59,003
♪ and it's five, six, seven ♪
349
00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:01,405
♪ open up the pearly gates ♪
350
00:14:01,407 --> 00:14:03,874
♪ ah, there ain't no time
To wonder why ♪
351
00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:06,410
♪ whoopee!
We're all gonna die ♪
352
00:14:06,412 --> 00:14:09,079
♪ well, come on, generals,
Let's move fast ♪
353
00:14:09,081 --> 00:14:11,382
♪ your big chance
Has come at last ♪
354
00:14:11,384 --> 00:14:14,051
♪ got to go out
And get those reds ♪
355
00:14:14,053 --> 00:14:15,820
♪ the only good commie
Is the one that's dead ♪
356
00:14:15,822 --> 00:14:17,220
♪ and you know that peace ♪
357
00:14:17,222 --> 00:14:19,123
-it probably wasn't noticeable,
358
00:14:19,125 --> 00:14:20,657
but I felt like mr. Tyler
359
00:14:20,659 --> 00:14:23,594
was beginning to havea subtle influence on me.
360
00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,396
-well, what does it mean?
361
00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:27,131
-♪ don't ask me,
I don't give a damn ♪
362
00:14:27,133 --> 00:14:28,799
♪ next stop is vietnam ♪
363
00:14:28,801 --> 00:14:30,267
-what do you think it means?
364
00:14:30,269 --> 00:14:31,935
-♪ it's five, six, seven ♪
365
00:14:31,937 --> 00:14:34,071
♪ open up the pearly gates ♪
366
00:14:34,073 --> 00:14:35,306
-kevin, look!
367
00:14:35,308 --> 00:14:36,840
-what?
-look at this.
368
00:14:36,842 --> 00:14:38,075
-oh, my gosh. Paul.
-I don't have one page.
369
00:14:38,077 --> 00:14:41,145
-not two pages.
Not three pages.
-3 1/2 pages.
370
00:14:41,147 --> 00:14:42,346
[ indistinct conversation ]
371
00:14:43,716 --> 00:14:45,950
-we've got plenty of signatures.
Plenty of them.
372
00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:48,352
[ indistinct conversation ]
373
00:14:48,354 --> 00:14:51,055
-my, my, my.
It's very impressive.
374
00:14:51,057 --> 00:14:52,857
-it's over 400 signatures.
375
00:14:52,859 --> 00:14:54,158
-yes, indeed.
376
00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,360
I appreciate you
Showing these to me.
377
00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:59,096
And now there's something
I'd like to show to you.
378
00:14:59,098 --> 00:15:04,601
Section 1739.5
Of the state education code.
379
00:15:04,603 --> 00:15:05,803
Kevin.
380
00:15:05,805 --> 00:15:07,537
Read that for us?
381
00:15:08,507 --> 00:15:10,640
-"All students shall remain
In class
382
00:15:10,642 --> 00:15:13,043
"At all times
During school hours
383
00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:17,281
Unless otherwise authorized
By the administration."
384
00:15:17,283 --> 00:15:21,452
-and that, ladies and gentlemen,
Is the law of the land.
385
00:15:21,454 --> 00:15:25,256
We can either obey that law, or
We can suffer the consequences.
386
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:29,760
Now, if you would like to write
To your state assemblyman
387
00:15:29,762 --> 00:15:31,963
And try and get the law changed,
More power to you.
388
00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:35,299
But as long
As it's on the books,
389
00:15:35,301 --> 00:15:39,837
If I, or any other teacher
Were to allow this,
390
00:15:39,839 --> 00:15:42,406
We'd be promoting truancy.
391
00:15:42,408 --> 00:15:46,510
And an educator can't advocate
That, now, can he?
392
00:15:46,512 --> 00:15:48,045
Now, I know you're disappointed,
393
00:15:48,047 --> 00:15:50,348
But think of this
As a learning experience.
394
00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,583
Did you learn something?
395
00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,750
-[ thinking ] yeah.
396
00:15:53,752 --> 00:15:55,386
I learned you were
An even bigger butthead
397
00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,587
Than I thought you were.
398
00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:57,954
[ out loud ]
I guess so.
399
00:15:57,956 --> 00:15:59,790
-well, that's what
School is all about, isn't it?
400
00:15:59,792 --> 00:16:01,358
Uh, don't forget --
401
00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,728
For anyone who thinks
That he's above the law,
402
00:16:03,730 --> 00:16:06,163
That's immediate suspension,
403
00:16:06,165 --> 00:16:08,032
And it will go on
Your permanent record.
404
00:16:08,034 --> 00:16:10,400
Your permanent record.
405
00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:15,773
Oh, and mr. Tyler,
I'd like to speak with you.
406
00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:26,384
-well, it wasa bit of a setback.
407
00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:28,185
but we were getting used tolocking horns
408
00:16:28,187 --> 00:16:29,520
with authority figures.
409
00:16:29,522 --> 00:16:31,756
we reacted pretty maturely.
410
00:16:31,758 --> 00:16:34,692
-it's not fair!
-diperna's a jerk.
411
00:16:34,694 --> 00:16:37,194
-we whined.
-we're not gonna let diperna
Get away with this.
412
00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:38,529
-what about our rights?
413
00:16:38,531 --> 00:16:41,265
What about the petition?
Over 400 signatures!
414
00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:43,434
-what's the use
Of having a student government
415
00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:44,969
If you can't take any action?
416
00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,437
I mean, what is he, king?
417
00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:47,638
-I mean, it's a free country!
418
00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,573
He can't stop us, can he,
Mr. Tyler?
419
00:16:49,575 --> 00:16:52,810
-boy, he was really going afterthe old chin.
420
00:16:52,812 --> 00:16:55,145
I was afraidhe was gonna rub it right off.
421
00:16:56,014 --> 00:16:57,615
-no, he can't stop you.
422
00:16:57,617 --> 00:17:00,050
You can do
Whatever you want to do.
423
00:17:00,052 --> 00:17:01,485
But...
424
00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:04,921
You should give your actions
Serious consideration
425
00:17:04,923 --> 00:17:06,824
Because they may have
Serious consequences.
426
00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:09,626
-are you telling us
Not to do it?
427
00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:12,296
-was he?
428
00:17:12,298 --> 00:17:14,364
had diperna gotten to him?
429
00:17:15,033 --> 00:17:16,634
-no, I'm not saying that.
430
00:17:16,636 --> 00:17:19,036
In a way,
You're lucky to have opposition.
431
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:21,805
That's the way life is.
432
00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:24,341
It's easy
To take a stand on something
433
00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:26,543
If there's no risk involved.
434
00:17:26,545 --> 00:17:28,913
It's easy to give a quarter
To a poor man
435
00:17:28,915 --> 00:17:31,448
If you keep a dollar
For yourself.
436
00:17:31,450 --> 00:17:33,617
It's easy to take a stand
Against the war,
437
00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:36,920
So long as nobody asks you
To make a real sacrifice.
438
00:17:38,758 --> 00:17:39,823
But...
439
00:17:41,794 --> 00:17:44,328
...Not all of us are ready
To sacrifice.
440
00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:52,569
Sometimes the price of
Acting on our convictions is...
441
00:17:52,571 --> 00:17:53,804
Too high.
442
00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:58,309
-what do you think
We should do?
443
00:18:00,279 --> 00:18:02,045
-I can't tell you that.
444
00:18:03,815 --> 00:18:06,583
Each of you has to make
That decision for himself.
445
00:18:16,262 --> 00:18:18,162
-immediate suspensionfrom school,
446
00:18:18,164 --> 00:18:22,532
and it will goon your permanent record.
447
00:18:22,534 --> 00:18:24,268
do I make myself clear?
448
00:18:24,270 --> 00:18:27,471
[ echoing ]your permanent record.
449
00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:37,915
-and now, at last,
450
00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:40,718
The heroic crew of the first
Manned space flight to mars,
451
00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:42,786
Led by commander kevin arnold.
452
00:18:42,788 --> 00:18:44,955
Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
453
00:18:44,957 --> 00:18:46,357
This just in.
454
00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:49,693
We have just learned
That kevin arnold left class
455
00:18:49,695 --> 00:18:52,696
During school hours
When he was in seventh grade.
456
00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:54,598
I can't believe it, jim.
457
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,334
The mission has been scrubbed.
458
00:19:01,473 --> 00:19:03,941
-I don't remember whenI finally made the decision.
459
00:19:03,943 --> 00:19:06,176
I guess I didn't knowwhat I was gonna do
460
00:19:06,178 --> 00:19:08,478
until I found myself doing it.
461
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,181
we were gonna walkright up to mr. Tyler
462
00:19:11,183 --> 00:19:12,849
and show himwhat we were made of.
463
00:19:12,851 --> 00:19:15,385
I couldn't wait to seethe look on his face
464
00:19:15,387 --> 00:19:17,053
when he saw what we'd decided.
465
00:19:17,055 --> 00:19:21,425
he was gonna look so proud,so happy, so...
466
00:19:21,427 --> 00:19:23,327
much like a woman.
467
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:26,797
-where's mr. Tyler?
468
00:19:26,799 --> 00:19:28,031
-he's home with the flu.
469
00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:29,466
-what?
470
00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:32,836
-sounded like he had
A bad case of the sniffles.
471
00:19:34,106 --> 00:19:35,406
-what?
472
00:19:43,883 --> 00:19:45,549
-I didn't knowwhat to think.
473
00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:47,618
was mr. Tyler a coward?
474
00:19:47,620 --> 00:19:49,553
I mean, to believe in somebodylike that
475
00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:51,955
and to have it all turn outto be a lie.
476
00:19:51,957 --> 00:19:53,891
it was a feelingin the pit of my stomach
477
00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,492
that was completely new.
478
00:19:56,829 --> 00:19:57,894
[ students whispering ]
479
00:19:57,896 --> 00:19:59,530
I had to make a decision.
480
00:20:01,467 --> 00:20:03,767
everybody was watching me,
481
00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,436
buzzing about the walkout.
482
00:20:07,206 --> 00:20:10,373
what was I gonna do?was I gonna lead the walkout?
483
00:20:11,610 --> 00:20:14,545
or was I gonna chicken out,too?
484
00:20:16,148 --> 00:20:18,048
and then I decided.
485
00:20:20,085 --> 00:20:23,053
I'd just get up...
486
00:20:23,055 --> 00:20:25,289
[ whispering stops ]
487
00:20:25,291 --> 00:20:27,958
-...Walk out that door...
488
00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,227
[ door opens ]
-he's going. Let's go.
489
00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,429
-...Into the hallway...
490
00:20:32,431 --> 00:20:34,198
and into the bathroom.
491
00:20:39,839 --> 00:20:41,872
I was gonna throw up.
492
00:20:52,718 --> 00:20:55,785
there wasn't gonna beany walkout.
493
00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:01,592
[ indistinct conversations,
Footsteps ]
494
00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,640
-what's happening?
-it's the walkout.
495
00:21:17,642 --> 00:21:19,375
Don't you know
About the walkout?
496
00:21:19,377 --> 00:21:21,044
-and that's how I started
497
00:21:21,046 --> 00:21:25,215
the great kennedy junior highpeace walkout of 1969.
498
00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:32,155
as I said,some men pursue greatness,
499
00:21:32,157 --> 00:21:35,024
and some men have greatnessthrust upon them
500
00:21:35,026 --> 00:21:37,294
while they're in the bathroom.
501
00:21:37,296 --> 00:21:41,498
-♪ all we are saying ♪
502
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:45,668
♪ is give peace a chance ♪
503
00:21:45,670 --> 00:21:50,107
♪ all we are saying ♪
504
00:21:50,109 --> 00:21:55,044
♪ is give peace a chance ♪
505
00:21:55,046 --> 00:21:59,583
♪ all we are saying ♪
506
00:21:59,585 --> 00:22:02,952
-I'm not sure we reallychanged anything that day.
507
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I suppose the war would havegone pretty much the same
508
00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:08,158
if we'd stayed in homeroom.
509
00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,427
but one thingwould be different --
510
00:22:10,429 --> 00:22:13,997
we wouldn't have the memoryto carry with us today
511
00:22:13,999 --> 00:22:18,935
of 800 childrenon a football field, singing.
512
00:22:20,205 --> 00:22:24,040
and it wouldn't all beon our permanent records.
513
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-♪ all we are saying ♪
514
00:22:27,312 --> 00:22:32,115
♪ is give peace a chance ♪
515
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:36,586
♪ all we are saying ♪
516
00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:41,691
♪ is give peace a chance ♪
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